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Subject: MEDICAL REPORTING  14 AUG 90                                    

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Box ID: BX001433

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Document Number:         17





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                                  DIS i@E'S OF OPERANONAL MPORTANCE,

            Diseases are priori@ in descending order of expected imimct on military operations it no ptev
            measures arc taken. The order provided does not take Into account possible extraordinary events such as
            periodic cpiden-dcs of highly cyclic diseases, natural disasters, or armed corMicL

                DISEA,SES WMI SIIORT INCUBA'NON PERIODS (USUALLY LTSS TiiAN iS DAYS)

            ACURE D@@ DISrASrS (6 hours to 10 da
                                                         ys)
                Transmission: Ingestion of causative agents or their toxins In contarrdnated food or watbr.
                Risk PeriodfD@bution: Occur year-round, with overall Increased Incidence from July to
                    September. Viral cases increase from December to March, bacterittl cases from Juno to
                                                                                                   nd
                    October. Occur coun@dc, but arc more common In rural areas outside of Dubai a
                    Abu Dhabi.
                                                                    to         Escltericltia colt (ME
                Remarks: Frequently occurring pathogens Include cnie toxigenic                       C)i
                    rotavirus (most common in children), Sitigclla spp., Sabtiottella spp., and Cwitpylobacicr rpp,
                    Although the overall incidence of these disczscs In the United Arab Emirates Is reported o be
                    low, acute diarrheal diseases are the most common Infectious disease problems of notiluc lgcnain
                    personnel. Shigellosis, usually caused by Sltigelia sotutel, occdm (800 to 1,000 cases anti Lally),
   and reporting of salmoncllosis is increasing. Multiple drug resistance Is conmort gmatig he
                    Sabnonella spp. and Sliigella spp. Isolates.

            ACUTE RE:SPIRATORY DISRASES (I to 10 days)
                Transmission: Direct or indircct contact with Infectious droplets.
                Risk PeriWMistributlon: Occur year-round, with overall lncrcmd Incidence In July and August
                    (due to dusty conditions), and from December to February (due to Increased influc= activity).
                    Occur countrywide.
                Remarks: Acute respiratory diseases are the most common Infectious disease causes of morbidity
                    within the indigenous population, and may be major causes of morbidity among nonindigenous
                    personnel.

            ENTRRIC PROTOZOAL DISrASrS (I week to sevc-al months)
                Tmnsmission: Ingestion of causative ogent(s) in focally contaminated water or foCKI.
                Risk PerloWDistribution: Year-round, with Increased incidence In August and September. Occut
                    count"idc.
                Remorks:Usuallyassociatcdwithmoreclironicin[cclions,sotnoptotozoanssucliasElitaittoeba
                    hi.stolytica and Gi4rdia lamblia can cause acute diarthca. Clinical cases of glardiasts and ameblasis
                    arc common. Examinations of fccal samples from apparently healthy adults have demonstrated
                    high carrier rates for giardiasis and ameblasis, especially among nordndigcnota workers. Clinical
                    cases of giardiasis usually arc seen In clilldcen; ameblasis usually is seen in adults (200 to 500 i::.
                    cases annually).

            TYPIIOID AND PARATYPIIOID FEYrRs (I to 3 weeks)
                TransmL-slon: Ingestion of causative agent(s) in food and water contaminated by feces or utino of
                    infective humans.
une. Occur
                    coun"idc.
                Remarks: Endemic, with an increasing annual reported Incidence (281 cases reported In 1988, 126
                    inl983).Mostcaseshavcbee,icauscdbysalazoliellatypili-Alilghcarriermlobtsbutircpotted

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Subject = MEDICAL REPORTING 14 AUG 90
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